Tuesday 8th April

Today we shared some of our diversity inquires and they were really good. Then we did our self assessments and then started sharing again. That took ages, but it was entertaining and then we all had maths I had to learn about exponents and square roots and I did, and after we did some fast facts and then had morning tea.

After morning tea we went and saw our buddies and we had a maori lesson with our buddies and then went to lunch.

After lunch we went out for a game with room22 and room23 it was a really great game. Then we did our duties, handed out the care certificates and went home.

Monday 7th April

Today many of room 21's students were out of the class, along with other Muritai year 7 and 8 students at the Zone Swimming Sports held at Naenae Pools. The standard of swimmers this year was very high and we are all waiting for confirmation of the final results of how we swam. It was a fantastic day as it was great to see so many students achieving, even if they had to be pushed a little. All students who participated should be proud of their efforts. ~ Mr Chadwick

Monday 9th March


Today we started of with some accuracy, we learnt about past, present and future tenses. As a class we had to decide whether the words displayed were past, present and future tense. We then had to copy out a paragraph about the rugby, which we had to change to past tense. I think it has helped a lot of us realize were we’re making our mistakes and how to fix them, it has helped me a lot because I often make the same mistake.

We then had maths. I am in Mr. Chadwick’s math’s class were we are learning about the perimeters, areas, radiuses and diameters of a circle. Today we had a particularly hard sheet, but in the end I think all of us understood it. I used to not understand measuring a circle but after today I learnt lots about it.

After morning tea we had literacy were we did another sheet on accuracy were we had to circle the present tenses and fill in the gaps by changing the words from present to past. We then had to think about the start of our latest explanation about a machine that does our homework for us. We then got into groups to do a many inquiry on energy. We went to the lab to research our topic. The point of this activity is to give us an awareness on our three week inquiry think this was a very good idea because almost everyone is having trouble with their inquiry.

After lunch we had to do silent reading. After that we had to discuss our inquiry and how to gain levels. It has helped lots of people get a better understanding of what they have to do and how to do it.

We then went out for a game of dodge ball with room 22 and 23we played year 8s vs. year 7s. this taught us many things including sportsmanship and ball skills.

Finally we did our duties and went home.

Tuesday 1st April

Today after the roll we did a writing sample about what we did before school from the moment we woke up to when we started writing. The catch was we only had five minutes. Then after maths and morning tea we got into groups of three and started writing a report about our Swimming Sports. After that we went to the Eastbourne library. After lunch We finished watching Bend it like Beckham. Fantastic day!
Rupert

Monday 31st March

Today we finished off some work in the morning. Then after maths and morning tea we finished off our crime scene reports, then we went to the lab to continue work on our Wikis. after lunch we watched Bend it like Beckham because it relates to our current topic 'diversity'. Today was fantastic and the movie was great.

Thursday 27th March

Today before maths we worked some more on the class garden. Then after morning tea we found out more about our crime scene report. After lunch we looked at our inquiry and when we had to hand it in. Today was a great day and the garden is looking better already despite the "enthusiasim" yesterday

Wednesday 26 March

After a fantastic easter weekend the years 5 to 8 went to swimming sports and had a great time. We all tried our best, Room 21 won the class relay, graciously beating the other year 7 and 8 classes. After the swimming sports our class started to design and clear out the space that we will be using for our classroom garden project. We wanted to create a space behind the school where we can have quiet spaces where we can go to reflect.

Thursday 20th March

Today we watched a movie about a burglar who stole two Maori clubs. We searched the museum, asked witnesses questions and saw clues. We then wrote an introduction and a short paragraph to begin with. We were supposed to pretend we were writing for a news paper. After lunch we did our arts rotation. It was a fun day.

Nana and Kirsten.

Wednesday 19th March

Today we did Kapa Haka in the hall and practised for the upcoming Kapa Haka festival. Straight after morning tea we went to technicraft, we had lots of fun. Then we came back and played a game of capture the flag at Bishops park, today was awesome!!!!

Tuesday 18th March

Today has been very full, we have had lots of fun though. We started off in the morning by writing our Harris Burdick narratives. We had lots of great descriptive ones and a few of the students in the class shared their stories. Afterwards we had maths. We had morning tea, then when we got back in the class we read silently for about 10 to 15 minutes. We then did literacy, Mr Chadwick gave us a story written by a boy called Robert. It was about Wood Pigeons. We highlighted the bits we liked and then wrote them down on a mini whiteboard. Then the whole class, including Mr Chadwick wrote a criteria for success for our reports. After that we went to the library to return books and get new ones out. There we met with our buddy class and played a game. After lunch we did inquiry and then played a game against Room 22.

Nana and Kirsten.

Monday 17th March

This afternoon we went on two websites. One was about a Victorian robot invented in 1893, it was a site written by Paul Guinan. We went on another website which was a website that asked a question, Was there really a Holocaust?. It was written by Dr. E.R. Fields. We explored both websites and tried to find out four questions about the websites. The questions were,
What is the message of these sites?
Who is the author? Does the knowledge of who the author is change your perception about the website?
Is there any new learning? What are your first impressions of the sites?
We then watched a video about Year nines in London going on these websites and getting information and learning about these sites. Then a computer expert came and talked to them, and explained how the website is not safe, they were told to take a deeper look at these websites and they found out who wrote these sites. They found that a few of the sites that they had been looking at weren't true, and one of them was a racist site. The message of this was that not all sites are what they say, and before you go on a site take a deeper look at it, who it is written by, what it is about and if it's safe.

Nana and Kirsten.

Tuesday 11th March

Today has been a very productive day. First thing in the morning we edited, finshed or started our amazing world record stories. This is fantastic bit of Kaio's story.

"Kaio Malama Going For Fame

Kaio Malama ten time Iron Man Champion of the world is participating in a extremely challenging event. Running through the Amazon for seven days. Then swimming through shark and piranha infested waters to Australia, and then biking around Australia twice".

While some of the children in the class stayed, about five of them left to go to the year three and four swimming sports, these were the House Captains and School Leaders.

After Morning Tea we changed classes for Maths, then we went to the library. Afterwards we played a game out side Room One. We played Bang and the winner was Kirsten. After lunch we did some silent reading, then we completed our flowers and vases of flowers. It was a very fun day today.

Friday 7th march

Yesterday we had our first art rotation. The things people did are as follows: dance, drama, song making, instrument making and clown school. These sessions happen around 1:30 to 2:45 and are great fun. We are going to have one activity for three weeks and then swap over to another arts group for the next three weeks and so on... We also started on our "record breaking attempts" where we have to write a report on something that we did that was amazing( made up of course). We will be working on these for the next week or so. We also had practice with patter tennis it was all great fun.

Friday 7th March

Yesterday the students of room 21's maths class participated in World Maths Day (www.worldmathsday.com) It was great to see so many enthusiastic students involved in challenging other students from around the world at basic facts. "It makes maths fun", "It's cool, fun, educational and addictive", "It's lots of fun challenging people from other countries" were some of the comments that I heard from students. Although the competition to reach 26 million right answers in 48 hours is over students can still access the site and compete against others till Sunday 16th March. ~ Mr Chadwick

Tuesday 4th March

Today in room 21 we started off the day with an asTLe writing test. Today we also found out that our girls cricket team lost 75 to 143, bad luck girls. We also found out our scores for our maths P.A.T test. After interval we went to our maths classes. For the first time this term we went down to the Eastbourne library to get two new books to last us for the rest of the month. Every two weeks we do a book review about the latest book we have read. We also went out for a game of Pirates but no one won because Mr Chadwick called out an instrution that none of us did properly so we all got out,which was a laugh. At lunchtime we also had a underwater hockey meeting, we had about a dozen people join for the great sport. Tomorrow is going to be another great day with technicraft and kapahaka.

Monday 3rd March

Today most of our girls went out to Bishops Park to play another game in the Milo cricket tournament. Last time they didn't come back with a win but they had fun, this time we are hoping for a win. Today we have also done some swimming. We found out our new maths groups and have done one lesson. After that we went to the ICT lab and we have worked on our class wiki. At two o'clock the people who had signed up for the great opportunity of helping out Muritai's Enviroschools are going to Mr Eames' class to get roles for enviroschools. Throughout the past week we have started on a piece of art work. We have drawn a variety of flowers and painted a background with a vase and painted our flowers then we cut them out and arranged them on to our background then put a glue type substance that makes our flowers look alive.

Thursday 28th February

Today we did some more art. We are now starting to put the flowers that we have drawn and painted on our background. We also had to paint our vase on to the background. It was great fun. Then we also went out for a game of King Dodge ball with room 22, unfortunately nobody could tell who won becuase the teams were mixed, but we all knew that room 21 won. This week has been a real blast doing art all day. The results are also really amazing.

Wednesday 27th February

Today most of room 21's girls were out of the classroom with me and some others participating in our first Milo Shield cricket game of the year. We played Hutt Intermediate at Te Whiti park and had a blast! The final score was 121/3 of 20 overs to Hutt Intermediate, while the Muritai girls achieved 103/7. For many, today was only their second or third official game so it was great to see the confidence and enjoyment had by all. Congratulations girls you gave it your best and that was all that I could ask. ~ Mr Chadwick

Below is a slideshow of some of the events.

Tuesday 26th February

Today we did some more art, this time we had to use charcoal, to create a side on portrait of the person next to us. We had to show the light and the dark, while also showing depth, which was hard. Then we had to choose two colours to create the background colour. We had to blend and mix colours.

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Monday 25th February

Today we began Arts Week. First we went to the hall with all of the syndicate and talked about Van Gough who we will be studying for art week. We also saw a really interesting doccumentary on him. HOW COOL! We then began our art, by drawing patterns and shading shapes, then we chose a 3D object and had to shade it, with depth and show where the darkness and the light is.